Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic قَطْعِيَّة (qaṭʕiyya). Compare Azerbaijani qətiyyət (resolution, resoluteness, determination).

Noun

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قطعیت (katiyet)

  1. decisiveness
  2. irrevocability

Descendants

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  • Turkish: katiyet

Further reading

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kat'iyet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قطعی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 965b

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَطْعِيَّة (qaṭʕiyya).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qat'iyyat
Dari reading? qat'iyat
Iranian reading? ğat'iyyat
Tajik reading? qatʾiyat

Noun

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قطعیت (qat'iyyat)

  1. certainty; definitiveness
    Synonyms: صراحت (serâhat), قاطعیت (qâte'iyyat)